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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. scientific B. school C. screen D. scheem
2. A. considered B. disappointed C. little D. scientist
3. A. invented B. considered C. contented D. interested
Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4. A. travel B. listen C. answer D. complain
5. A. holiday B. importance C. tomorrow D. profession
Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
6. The telephone is considered to be one of the most useful ________achievements.
A. science B. scientifically C. scientist D. scientific
7. John often goes to bed early and ________up late.
A. to get B. gets C. get D. got
8. A ________is a place where plants and trees are grown for scientific study.
A. resort B. Botanical Garden C. pagoda D. pine forest
9. John isn't contented with his present salary.
A. excited about B. disappointed about C. interested in D. satisfied with
10. You ________English fluently if you don’t practice it every day.
A. will not speak B. will speak C. did not speak D. can speak
11. I ________swimming with my classmates last weekend.
A. had gone B. was going C. has gone D. went
12. The New Year is coming so most of the clothing stores are ________with people.
A. accustomed B. full C. crowded D. fed up
13. She often ________stamps of many other country in her spare time. She has a large
________of stamps.
A. collections/collects B. collects/collection C. collect/collective D. collecting/collect
14. At last, Mary could not master her piano lessons, ________made her parents disappointed.
A. which B. these C. for which D. that
15. You will get a good seat if you ________first.
A. came B. come C. have come D. will come
16. Our teacher said that we ________an English test the following week.
A. have had B. had C. would have D. will have
17. He has not developed mentally as much as others at the same age. He's ________.
A. mentally retarded B. mentally alert C. mentally restricted D. mentally ill
18. Keep calm! There is nothing to worry ________.
A. in B. on C. about D. for
19. I ________Mr. Thompson at the airport at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
A. am meeting B. am going to meet C. was meeting D. often meet
20. When Marie first went to Paris, she had very little money to live ________.
A. at B. in C. on D. by
Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question.
Faraday was born into a poor family. He received little schooling in his boyhood and had to start
work at an early age in a bookbinder’s shop. He was very interested in science, so he often attended
scientific lectures given by Sir Humphry Davy, a famous scientist at that time.
One day Davy discovered Faraday’s talent. As a result, he invited the boy to work in his
laboratory. At first Faraday was given very simple jobs, but later he had more important work to do. It was in
Davy’s laboratory that Faraday invented the generator and became a well-known scientist of England.
21. Why didn’t Faraday have a good education?
A. Because he wasn’t interested in studying. B. Because he didn’t have money.
C. Because his family was too poor. D. Because his father was a blacksmith.
22. Where did he work at his early age?
A. in a bookshop B. in a book club C. in a bookbinder’s shop D. in a book stall